# Please recommend some good Nintendo DS games **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 16, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-good-nintendo-ds-games/360939 "2006-06-16T16:22:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-good-nintendo-ds-games/360939/21 "2006-06-20T17:30:14Z")
There’s an Atari collection that uses the touchpad. I can actually _play_ Missile Command that way. ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-good-nintendo-ds-games/360939/22 "2006-06-20T18:12:20Z")
[QUOTE=Carnick] OP said no puzzle games or Sudoku. Brain Age (not Brain Training) is a great game, but it definitely falls under the puzzle genre. And some parts require you to talk. My vote is for Advance Wars DS and Wario Ware Touched. Advance Wars is “military” but it’s very cartoony violence and the gameplay is simple yet deep. Wario Ware rocks for quick pick up and play. [/QUOTE] :smack: How did I miss that?! I caught “nothing overly complicated” and must’ve drifted off. I second your Wario Ware. ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-good-nintendo-ds-games/360939/23 "2006-06-20T19:52:01Z")
[QUOTE=Carnick] I’ve never heard of Phoenix Wright so I looked it up and it sounds fun. Gamestop lists it as coming soon though, is it a goof or did you guys somehow get it early? [/QUOTE] I think there’s a sequel coming out. ---
**Author:** ![samm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@samm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samm)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-good-nintendo-ds-games/360939/24 "2006-06-20T20:25:33Z")
No one has mentioned “The Urbz” yet? This has been by far my favorite game. It has little missions and games so it is more fun to me than Animal Crossing. It is not like the regular boring Sims where there’s no plot. There’s no house building or landscaping or anything like that. I had never heard of Trauma Center or Phoenix Wright, I will look for both of them. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-good-nintendo-ds-games/360939/25 "2006-06-20T20:27:35Z")
[QUOTE=Carnick] I’ve never heard of Phoenix Wright so I looked it up and it sounds fun. Gamestop lists it as coming soon though, is it a goof or did you guys somehow get it early? [/QUOTE] If it is listed as coming soon, then that’s another game in the series coming out this fall. Capcom announced it at E3 this year. The one we’re talking about right now is the first one (first on the DS, anyway) ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-good-nintendo-ds-games/360939/26 "2006-06-20T20:59:54Z")
[QUOTE=samm] No one has mentioned “The Urbz” yet? This has been by far my favorite game. It has little missions and games so it is more fun to me than Animal Crossing. It is not like the regular boring Sims where there’s no plot. There’s no house building or landscaping or anything like that. I had never heard of Trauma Center or Phoenix Wright, I will look for both of them. [/QUOTE] I actually have the Urbz (I forgot until you mentioned it). I played it for a brief time when I first got it, and remember not liking it too much–maybe I should give it another try. Trauma Center is a surgery-simulation game tied together with a story about a worldwide plague and a flighty anime doctor who goes from being a doofus to being a competent surgeon. I really like it. I haven’t played Phoenix Wright yet but it’s a courtroom game and everybody who’s played it raves about it, so I’m looking forward to getting started on it. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-good-nintendo-ds-games/360939/27 "2006-06-21T22:06:59Z")
[QUOTE=Carnick] I’ve never heard of Phoenix Wright so I looked it up and it sounds fun. Gamestop lists it as coming soon though, is it a goof or did you guys somehow get it early? [/QUOTE] [It’s been selling out _real_ fast.](http://gonintendo.com/?p=3242) > [@MGibson](#): > > The New Super Mario Bros. game is pretty good but I only give it a 7 out of 10. It looks nice and plays like the classic Mario we’ve all come to know and love but the game seemed a bit short to me. If you just want to get to the end, sure. But everyone I’ve heard says the real replay value is getting all the star coins and unlocking the extra worlds. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-good-nintendo-ds-games/360939.md?page=1)